I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of the last century.

I just didn't want to shoot other people.

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.